Monday 15 September at 13:00, there was a presentation at the National and University Library of Iceland introducing the Basque Centre.
On this occasion a small exhibition was opened with manuscripts from Jón Guðmundsson the Learned containing his drawings of whales. Speeches were delivered by the partners in the project as well as the ambassador of the European Union to Iceland and representatives from the embassies of France and Spain.
13:00 Welcome by Ólafur J. Engilbertsson, chairman of the Icelandic Basque Association
13:10 Ambassador of the European Union to Iceland, H.E. Clara Ganslandt
13:20 María Luisa Marteles Gutiérrez del Álamo, Embassy of Spain
13:30 Guillaume Mounier, Embassy of France
13:40 Xabier Agote, CEO of Albaola
13:50 Peter Weiss, on behalf of the University Centre of the Westfjords
14:00 Héðinn Ásbjörnsson, chairman of the Basque Centre